WASHINGTON
-- On October 29, 2004, the Federal Election Commission certified $ 203,484.83
in Federal Matching Funds to three Presidential candidates
for the 2004 election. The U.S. Treasury Department will make the payment
on November 1.

This raises to $28,126,711.37the total amount of federal funds certified thus far to eight
candidates.

The following chart lists the amount certified
to each candidate, along with the cumulative amount each has been certified
to date.

CANDIDATE

THIS CERTIFICATION

CUMULATIVE CERTIFICATIONS

Wesley K. Clark (D)

$ 0

$ 7,615,360.39

John R. Edwards (D)

$ 15,378.00

$ 6,640,318.44

Richard Gephardt (D)

$ 0

$ 4,104,319.82

Dennis Kucinich (D)

$ 128,000.00

$ 3,083,962.59

Lyndon H. LaRouche (D)

$ 0

$ 1,456,019.13

Joseph Lieberman (D)

$ 0

$ 4,267,796.85

Ralph Nader (I)

$60,106.83

$ 858,934.15

Rev. Alfred C. Sharpton (D)

$ 0

$ 100,000.00

To be eligible to receive Federal Matching Funds,
a candidate must first raise $100,000 in contributions from individuals:
$5,000-plus in 20 different states. While individuals can contribute up
to $2,000 to a candidate, only $250 per individual applies towards the
$5,000 requirement in each state. Candidates must also agree to abide
by spending limits, to keep certain records, and to submit those records
for audit. Howard Dean, John Kerry and President Bush have declined to
participate in the Matching Fund program.

Candidates may submit requests for funds once
each month. The Commission will certify an amount to be paid by the U.S.
Treasury the following month. Only contributions from individuals in amounts
of no more than $250 are matchable.

The Commission has previously certified $14,924,000
to each of the two major political parties, for their 2004
Presidential Nominating Conventions and $74,620,000
in federal funds for the general election campaign of Democratic Presidential
nominee John Kerry and his Vice-Presidential running mate John Edwards.